The Hero (Behind The Scenes)

Welcome to Behind The Scenes, the link up hosted by my friend Crystal. Where we show you real life, not just the perfect (or imperfect) snapshot of reality.

This week, we had a delightful time celebrating with the hero of the elementary school.

Our school makes a big deal about "Zero the Hero" (see the 0 on his shirt?) He comes every 10 days to school to help the kids learn about place holders. They do different exercises on the morning news show each time, and he comes specifically to the kindergarten classes so they can learn about counting by 10's and all sorts of stuff.

Then the 100th day of school is a HUGE celebration. They put sidewalk chalk down the whole road as you lead up to the school. They have special songs and all the kids make a big deal about it. The 5th & 4th graders especially love to show the younger kids.  The kindergarteners made special crafts, and a zero the hero super-hero cape that they wore all day with the 100 on it. It was a riot. And the 100th day was REALLY LATE this year. Because we've had 13 (yes, seriously) snow days. 

So this week, I wanted to show you the PE teacher who dresses up for these kids every 10 days, and then on the 100th day, he stood on the corner in the AM, in the freezing cold, to jump up and down and welcome all the buses, and get our kids excited about the power of zero. 

Thank you, Zero the Hero, for being a hero to our kids. Every 10 days.